Chattel
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Fr. chatelle, L. Lat. captale, catallum.] Any article or subject of property, moveable or immoveable, not amounting to a freehold.
1 Steph. Com. 262.
Chattel is a very comprehensive term in our law, and includes every species of property, which is not real estate or a freehold.
2 Kent's Com. 342.
It is more frequently used (like bona, goods,) in the plural number. See Chattels, Catalla.